POHELA BOISHAKH

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Context: Festival of happiness and joy, Pohela Baisakh or Poila Baisakh is celebrated in West Bengal.

About Pohela Baisakh:

• In Bengali, the word Pohela means first and Baisakh signifies the new month. Therefore, according to Bengali calendar Baisakh is the first month.
• For Bengalis, Pohela Boishakh is a significant celebration since it symbolises the start of a new fiscal year.
• Bengalis meet and greet families, and wear new clothes and eat traditional food on Pohela Baisakh.
• Children as well as adults perform on Rabindra Sangeet and sing songs in cultural events.
• On this day, people wish each other by saying ‘Shubho Nobo Borsho‘, wherein ‘Shubho’ means happy, ‘Nobo’ means new and ‘Barsho’ means year.
• Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha is especially worshipped on this day.

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